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Dead at age 42
315 Notable deaths
Yakov Yakovlev
Soviet politician (1896-1938).
Born June 21st, 1896 in Hrodna.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Helene Chadwick
Actress (1897-1940).
Born November 25th, 1897 in Oneida County.
Died September 5th, 1940 at 42 years old in Los Angeles.
Leo Smit
Dutch musician.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1943 at 42 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp. [ref]
Mogens Wieth
Danish actor.
Born September 16th, 1919 in Copenhagen.
Died September 10th, 1962 at 42 years old in London.
Sunday Bada
Athletics competitor (1969-2011).
Born June 22nd, 1969 in Kaduna.
Died December 12th, 2011 at 42 years old in Lagos. [ref]
Grigory Kaminsky
Soviet politician (1895-1938).
Born November 1st, 1895 in Dnipro.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Ildar Dadin
Russian activist.
Born April 14th, 1982 in Zheleznodorozhny.
Died October 5th, 2024 at 42 years old in Kharkiv Oblast.
Paolo Barison
Italian footballer (1936-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1936 in Vittorio Veneto.
Died April 17th, 1979 at 42 years old in Andora (traffic collision).
John Bell Hatcher
American paleontologist (1861–1904).
Born October 11th, 1861 in Cooperstown.
Died July 3rd, 1904 at 42 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Kanstantsin Kaltsou
Belarusian ice hockey player.
Born April 17th, 1981 in Minsk.
Died March 18th, 2024 at 42 years old in Miami.
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